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Over the past several years, many investigators interested in the
effects of man-made sounds on animals have come to realize that
there is much to gain from studying the broader literature on
hearing sound and the effects of sound as well as data from the
effects on humans. It has also become clear that knowledge of the
effects of sound on one group of animals (e.g., birds or frogs) can
guide studies on other groups (e.g., marine mammals or fishes) and
that a review of all such studies together would be very useful to
get a better understanding of the general principles and underlying
cochlear and cognitive mechanisms that explain damage, disturbance,
and deterrence across taxa. The purpose of this volume, then, is to
provide a comprehensive review of the effects of man-made sounds on
animals, with the goal of fulfilling two major needs. First, it was
thought to be important to bring together data on sound and
bioacoustics that have implications across all taxa (including
humans) so that such information is generally available to the
community of scholars interested in the effects of sound. This is
done in Chaps. 2-5. Second, in Chaps. 6-10, the volume brings
together what is known about the effects of sound on diverse
vertebrate taxa so that investigators with interests in specific
groups can learn from the data and experimental approaches from
other species. Put another way, having an overview of the
similarities and discrepancies among various animal groups and
insight into the "how and why" will benefit the overall conceptual
understanding, applications in society, and all future research.
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination.
Nature's Music brings together some of the world's experts on
birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our
understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls
mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to
speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader.
The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with
recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds.
Bird song is much more than just one behaviour of a single,
particular group of organisms. It is a model for the study of a
wide variety of animal behaviour systems, ecological, evolutionary
and neurobiological. Bird song sits at the intersection of
breeding, social and cognitive behaviour and ecology. As such
interest in this book will extend far beyond the purely
ornithological - to behavioural ecologists psychologists and
neurobiologists of all kinds.
* The scoop on local dialects in birdsong
* How birdsongs are used for fighting and flirting
* The writers are all international authorities on their subject
Over the past several years, many investigators interested in the
effects of man-made sounds on animals have come to realize that
there is much to gain from studying the broader literature on
hearing sound and the effects of sound as well as data from the
effects on humans. It has also become clear that knowledge of the
effects of sound on one group of animals (e.g., birds or frogs) can
guide studies on other groups (e.g., marine mammals or fishes) and
that a review of all such studies together would be very useful to
get a better understanding of the general principles and underlying
cochlear and cognitive mechanisms that explain damage, disturbance,
and deterrence across taxa. The purpose of this volume, then, is to
provide a comprehensive review of the effects of man-made sounds on
animals, with the goal of fulfilling two major needs. First, it was
thought to be important to bring together data on sound and
bioacoustics that have implications across all taxa (including
humans) so that such information is generally available to the
community of scholars interested in the effects of sound. This is
done in Chaps. 2-5. Second, in Chaps. 6-10, the volume brings
together what is known about the effects of sound on diverse
vertebrate taxa so that investigators with interests in specific
groups can learn from the data and experimental approaches from
other species. Put another way, having an overview of the
similarities and discrepancies among various animal groups and
insight into the "how and why" will benefit the overall conceptual
understanding, applications in society, and all future research.
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